Whatever you thoughts may be on the first Daredevil, it’s not going to stop 20th Century Fox from pressing forward in bringing the Man Without Fear back into theaters. First Variety and now Deadline is reporting that David Slade (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, 30 Days of Night) has been tapped to helm the next film in the series, which will possibly not be a reboot.
Fresh off the news that production was underway for the next “Silent Hill” film, Davis Films has announced that stars of the first film—Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean and Deborah Kara Unger—are set to reprise their respective roles of Rose Da Silva, Christopher Da Silva and Dahlia Gillespe. Bloody Disgusting had previously reported Bean’s involvement in the sequel, but singled him out to play Harry Mason, father of lead character Heather Mason (Adelaide Clemens). On top of the casting news, another picture from the production has been released, featuring first film protagonist Rose crossing paths with Heather.
Welcome to Player Affinity’s Sports Movie Madness! We figured that if March is the month of tournaments, PA should be no exception and what better way to start our first annual polling tournament than with the best sports movies of all time? Over the course of the next couple weeks, you will have the chance to vote for your favorite sports movies out of a field of 64. Now, we present our list of the best football movies.
Most of you are familiar with the comic genius of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost and the work they have produced: Spaced, Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. But their long-time comedy partner, Edgar Wright, is not working with them this time ’round. Instead, Greg Mottola has taken over the reigns to direct the the British duo.
Our featured full-length trailer this week brings you alien-fueled mayhem from the highly anticipated Super 8. This is quality stuff we could only get from two of the most famed sci-fi auteurs, Steven Spielberg and J.J. Abrams. Sans Schwarzenegger, the remake of Conan the Barbarian moves forward with its premier teaser trailer and everyone’s favourite … The Smurfs get the big screen treatment in this Alvin and the Chipmunks-esque animation/live action hybrid. Two of our finest thespians, Michael Sheen and Mario Bello play grieving parents following a tragic school shooting inBeautiful Boy and finally, as we all expected, Tyler Perry is back in drag in Madea’s Big Happy Family. Zip up that fat suit and pop on that wig, it’s Trailer Tracker.
Liam Neeson has officially signed on to star in the sequel to Taken. It was earlier reported that he might not agree to film the sequel because he wanted to take a breather, but it appears that he and writer Luc Besson have settled their differences.
There is one clear winner out of this week’s DVD and Blu-ray releases, The Fighter. Winning two Oscars, The Fighter was popular with audiences, critics and of course, us PAMers: it is a fine addition to a long list of great boxing films. If you are looking for someone more arty, there are critical darlings Au Revoir les Enfants and Yi Yi coming onto Blu-ray. Strangely all of this week’s re-releases are all foreign films.
